Fuel-mixer for explosive-engines.



M. T. BURKE.

FUEL MlXER FOR EXPLOSIVE ENGINES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. e. 1912.

1,212,01 3. Patented Jan. 9, 1917.

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MIKE THOMAS BURKE, 0F KALISPELL, MONTANA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TOMARGUERITE GGRHAM, OF BUTTE, 1VIONTANA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 9, 1917.

Application filed February 6, 1912. Serial No. 675,765.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MIKE THoMAs BURKE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kalispell, in the county of Flathead, State of Montana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Fuel-Mixers forExplosive-Engines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

The invention relates to new and useful improvements in devices forhomogenizing the mixtures of explosive engine's.

An object of this invention is the pro vision of a device .of the classdescribed which will thoroughly mingle the air and fluid during theirpassage from the carbureter to the engine cylinder.

Another object of this invention is the provision of a device such asdescribed which makes use of a stationary disk and rotatable diskmounted adjacent said stationary disk, the rotatable disk being providedwith a plurality of openings through which the mixture passes and alsowith a plurality of wings, which upon the rotation of the diskthoroughly homogenizes the air and gases during their passage throughthe openings.

A further object of this invention is to improve and simplify devices ofthis character rendering them comparatively simple and inexpensive tomanufacture, reliable and eflicient in use and readily operated.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention resides in thenovel features of construction, formations, combinations andarrangements of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimedand illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken onthe line 33' of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4k is a similar view taken on the line44: of Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is a view showing the disks in perspective.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, by similar characters ofreference throughout the several views, the numeral 10 designatesgenerally a fragment of an engine cylinder adjacent to which is locateda car- I to which the "said bureter a portion of which is shown anddesignated by the numeral 11. The usual outlet extension 12 is formedupon the carbureter '11, while extending from the cylinder 10 is anintake extension 13.

The extensions 12 and 13 are formed at their adjacent terminals withcircumscribing flanges 14, the inner sides of which lie in parallelplanes, flush with the ends of the said extensions. A casing 15 isinterposed between the flanges 14 and is formed at its opposite endswith parallel flanges 16 similar to the before mentioned flanges latflanges 16 are bolted or otherwise secured to hold the interior bore 17of the casing 15 in registration with the bores of the extensions 12 and13. A pair of spiders 18 and 19 are secured in the opposite ends of thecasing 15 and are formed with central bearings 20 and 21 in which issupported by a plurality of ballbearings 22 a longitudinally extendingconcentrically mounted shaft 23.

The legs of the spider 18 are extended outwardly at their terminals asindicated by the numeral 24 while secured adjacent thereto is astationary disk 25 formed with a central aperture 26 through which thesaid shaft 23 passes. The disk 25 is provided with a plurality ofequi-spaced semi-circular openings 27, the straight sides of whichextend radially from the central openings 26 formed therein. A rotarydisk 28 is keyed to the shaft 23 and contacts at one side with the disk25. it being understood however that there is enough space between thesaid disks 25 and 28. to prevent any friction which should retard therotary movement of this said disk 28.

The disk 28 is provided with a plurality of equi-spaced U-shaped clefts29 which extend radially with respect to the shaft 23. The materiallocated within the said clefts 29 is bent outwardly producing aplurality of semi-circular concaved wings 30 for a purpose to be laterdisclosed.

As the mixture of air and gas passes from the carbureter 11 through theoutlet extension 12 and bore of the casing 15, the same will contactwith the angularly disposed concaved wings 30 which causes the rotationof the disk 28 and shaft 23 upon which it is keyed which obviously owingto the position of the wings thoroughly mingles the air and fuelcontained Within the easing 15 prior to its entrance to the cylinder 10through the inlet extension 13.

From the foregoing disclosure it Will be readily seen that by thepeculiar arrangement of the described parts the mixture prior to itsentrance to the cylinder 10 will be so thoroughlymingled that the powerderived from the engine Will be materially increased. It should beunderstood in this connection that various minor changes in the detailsofconstruction may be resorted to Within the scope of the appended claimWithout departing from or sacrificing any of the advantages of theinvention.

Having thus fully described this invention What I claim as new anddesire to protect by LettersPatent, is:

' The combination with a gas engine, a carbureter and a pipe arranged toconvey a mixture of air and hydrocarbon from the carbureter to theengine, of means for increasing theimechanical output of the en- Gopiesa: this patent may be obtained for gine in response to its quantity ofsupply of explosive mixture delivered from the carbureter, said meansconsisting of fixed spaced spider frames mounted transversely Within thepipe, a shaft rotatably mounted in said frames, a stationary diskprovided with openings and secured Within the easing in encirclingrelation to the shaft, a rotatable disk keyed on the shaft and providedWith openings adapted to pass into and out of registration With theopenings in the first named disk during the rotation of the shaft, andWings extending from the edges of the openings of the rotatable disk anddisposed at an angle to the latter so as to partially cover the openingsin the rotatable disk.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of tWoWitnesses.

MIKE THOMAS BURKE. Witnesses:

J. F. SCI-IWIERS, JOHN LUDWIG.

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